News & Events News & Events Catch up with our latest news, upcoming events, and faculty and student accomplishments. On This Page: Recent News English Major Spotlight: Amaya Thomas This senior, also a conservation bio major, enjoys reading ecocriticism and speculative fiction. New Novels From New Faculty Aamina Ahmad and Megan Giddings join English this fall as professors of fiction writing; both have new novels out this year. English Major Spotlight: Alexandra Erickson This English major studied abroad at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. Grad Studies: Writer-Reader Relationships and 19th-Century Literature PhD student Morgan Graham received an inaugural Early Career PhD Merit Grant. English Major Spotlight: Claire Nelson This aspiring novelist recommends getting to know other readers and aspiring writers through the English student group FUSE. Upcoming Events October 14 - 16, 2022 Twelfth Night Presented by BA Studio Production October 19, 2022 Joy Harjo and Layli Long Soldier: Poems in conversation The US Poet Laureate reads and talks with the author of WHEREAS, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.
English Major Spotlight: Amaya Thomas This senior, also a conservation bio major, enjoys reading ecocriticism and speculative fiction.
New Novels From New Faculty Aamina Ahmad and Megan Giddings join English this fall as professors of fiction writing; both have new novels out this year.
English Major Spotlight: Alexandra Erickson This English major studied abroad at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England.
Grad Studies: Writer-Reader Relationships and 19th-Century Literature PhD student Morgan Graham received an inaugural Early Career PhD Merit Grant.
English Major Spotlight: Claire Nelson This aspiring novelist recommends getting to know other readers and aspiring writers through the English student group FUSE.
October 19, 2022 Joy Harjo and Layli Long Soldier: Poems in conversation The US Poet Laureate reads and talks with the author of WHEREAS, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.